Mr. Garret Doocey:

On sustainable building policy, the Deputy mentioned a group which is reviewing guidelines and I assure the Deputy it will be cognisant of all our responsibilities, whether it is the UNCRPD public sector duty or those he referred to.

I will touch on MetroLink and I am conscious of Deputy Leddin's point about this committee meeting not just being just an Oireachtas committee transport-type discussion. With MetroLink, however, the Government has already approved the preliminary business case, which is a significant step forward. It is with An Bord Pleanála and, again, we hope to see that project come out the other side. There is a significant body of work behind the development of MetroLink and we all hope to see it progress as quickly as possible.

On the bus shelters issue, from a policy perspective, the role of the NTA in that, as opposed to local authorities or in conjunction with local authorities, speaks to the move to a more integrated approach to public transport generally with regard to the NTA's role in that. The policy level fits very well with the more integrated public transport network which we wish to achieve.